The Speakers

There is a word embedded in the name of Pastor Raffy Gamis's church that tells you everything you need to know about the man.

Global.

For 27 years Pastor Rafael "Raffy" P. Gamis has led Yeshua The Messiah Global Missions Church in Imus, Cavite — not as a local congregation with global ambitions but as a local congregation that has always understood its assignment to be bigger than its address.

Trained in Bachelor of Theology at the Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary in Baguio City — one of the most respected theological institutions in the country — Pastor Raffy built a church whose very name declares its purpose. Yeshua. The Messiah. Global. Missions. Every word a conviction. Every word a commitment.

27 years is not a career. It is a calling. It is the kind of faithfulness that does not make headlines but makes disciples — generation after generation, family after family, prayer after prayer.

And the fruit? Five grandchildren. A legacy that has already outlived the pulpit and taken root in the next generation.

At the National Gathering Philippines 2026, Pastor Raffy speaks at Session 7 — Disciples Who Pray: Prayer and the Great Commission — bringing to the room not just theology but 27 years of lived evidence that prayer and mission are not two separate things. They never were. They never will be.

He is a man who has prayed and sent. Sent and prayed. For nearly three decades.

This is what a disciple who prays looks like.

"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message." — Colossians 4:2–3

Before the National Gathering could happen — someone had to say yes.

Pastor Mon Advincula said yes.

Senior Pastor of Jesus Intercessors Baptist Church for 33 years, Pastor Mon leads a congregation that has multiplied into 26 daughter churches and 10 outreaches across the Philippines. His yes to hosting this gathering opened not just a building but a movement.

Down to earth, joyful, and a man of prayer — Pastor Mon has been blessing Cavite City on his knees for over three decades. At the National Gathering he leads the Prayer Walk — Blessing Cavite City — taking 400 leaders into streets he has prayed over his entire ministry life.

He also carries a dream close to the heart of 24-7 Prayer Asia — a prayer tower at JIBC. A watch on the wall for Cavite and the nation.

He serves in ministry alongside his wife Pastor Roma who also speaks at this gathering.

“To make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

— Luke 1:17

Some voices are shaped in seminaries. Pastor John Ryan Ferrera's was shaped in the local church — from the ground up, one faithful season at a time.

He did not arrive at ministry fully formed. He grew into it — right where he was planted.

Starting as Youth President and Deacon at Jesus Intercessors Baptist Church from 2009 to 2012, John Ryan stayed. He did not chase a bigger platform or a more prominent pulpit. He served where God placed him. By 2016 he was a church worker. By 2019 he was Pastor of the Intercessors Ministry — leading the prayer core of the very church now hosting the National Gathering Philippines 2026.

That is not a career progression. That is a calling.

Trained in Bachelor of Theology at Baptist Bible College Asia in Imus, Cavite — rooted in the same soil where he has served his entire ministry life — Pastor John Ryan brings to Session 3 something that cannot be manufactured in a classroom.

He is a Filipino voice speaking prophetically over a Filipino nation.

Session 3 — For Such a Time as This: The Philippines in Prophecy — is one of the most significant moments of the National Gathering. Delivered on Independence Day — June 12 — it calls the Church to understand not just the political history of the Philippines but its prophetic destiny. The Church's calling. Missions across Asia and the world. The urgency of this hour.

And who better to deliver it than a man who has been faithfully building the prayer foundation of this nation from Kawit, Cavite — one watch, one intercession, one generation at a time?

He is married to Mary Liza — a partnership in life and in the Kingdom.

"And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" — Esther 4:14

Danny Kong had 29 years working experience in the poultry business in the farm operations, supported in new projects and oversees the welfare of the workers.

He was a church leader for over 36 years and was active in prayer and worship in the past 10 years. God had put in his heart to bring believers to build intimacy with God through prayer, worship and to set prayer groups through training.

He was a Cell Group leader, a prayer leader and a lay preacher with the gifting of encouragment and service. Presently he is undergoing training for the Methodist Lay Preacher's License.

He joined the 24-7 Prayer Asia since 2023 and now is a team member. He supported for 24-7 Missions and Prayer Training since 2025, both locally and abroad.